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Frank Schaeffer takes a look at the world and says what has to be said. A Production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship.
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(Here’s Why) TRUMP IS (Hopefully) DOOMED (in the Midterms) (opens the original)
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There’s a sentence I read this morning attributed to Donald Trump in Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column that may turn out to be the most revealing thing said about Trump so far.Before the war with Iran began, according to Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Tucker Carlson warned Trump against getting into it. Trump reassured him, “I know you’re worried about it, but it’s going to be okay.”Carlson asked, “How do you know?”Trump’s answer was, “Because it always is.”<div class="s
Jennifer Breheny Wallace on Being Seen, Being Needed, and Mattering (opens the original)
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Jennifer Breheny Wallace’s Mattering put a name to something I have spent much of my life slowly figuring out.We need to be seen. We need to be needed. And we need to know that our presence makes some difference to somebody besides ourselves.It Has to Be Said. is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" nam
Donald Trump, You're Just Passing Through. (opens the original)
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There is a sentence in Philip Kennicott’s extraordinary Washington Post column that I read this morning about what has happened to the Kennedy Center that ought to be engraved somewhere. Not on the Kennedy Center, God forbid, since apparently everyone wants their name on that building, but somewhere we Americans will remember it.And it’s this:The ambition is always personal while the damage is global.It Has to Be Said. is a reader-supported publication. To r
Daisy Fancourt on Art Cure and the Science of Why Art Matters (opens the original)
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I have spent my life around art, first because of the family I was born into and later as a painter and writer myself. But what has mattered most to me has been sharing art with people I love.It Has to Be Read. is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary" type="submit" value=
April Reynolds on What Stories Help Us See in One Another (opens the original)
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April Reynolds came on to talk about her novel The Shape of Dreams, but we ended up talking about much more.In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div
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